About Melpakkathurai Village

Melpakkathurai is a mid sized village in Kattumannarkoil tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,581, made up of 770 males and 811 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpakkathurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpakkathurai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Tehsil	Kattumannarkoil
Pincode	608306
Area (hectares)	207.85 hectares
Population	1,581
Male Population	770
Female Population	811
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melpakkathurai compares

By the 2011 count Melpakkathurai is the 52nd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 207.85 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Melpakkathurai

Melpakkathurai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melpakkathurai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melpakkathurai from other places

Melpakkathurai lies about 84 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Peralam Junction, about 6.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Melpakkathurai
Nearest railway station	Peralam Junction	6.9 km
Nearest town	Mayiladuthurai	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kattumannarkoil	34 km
District headquarters	Cuddalore	84 km

Villages closest to Melpakkathurai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kattumannarkoil tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Melpakkathurai

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpakkathurai village had a population of 1,581. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Melpakkathurai village has 770 males and 811 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpakkathurai has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Melpakkathurai is 608306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpakkathurai covers 207.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melpakkathurai falls under Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melpakkathurai is Peralam Junction, about 6.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Melpakkathurai.

Melpakkathurai is about 84 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melpakkathurai is in Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district. Peralam Junction is about 6.9 km away. Mayiladuthurai is about 12 km away. Kattumannarkoil is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.